Through an intellectually stimulating and empirical approach to global studies, students examine how key factors—forces, interactions, and tensions—contribute to world events and global problems.

Now in its Thirteenth Edition, American Public Policy: Promise and Performance provides a comprehensive yet accessible overview of the policymaking process, from procedural approaches and policy instruments to in-depth analysis of specific policy issues.

Now in its Tenth Edition, Mark Lowenthal's book is the go-to resource for understanding the intelligence community.

Delve into Political Theory: A Global and Comparative Introduction for a comprehensive exploration of political thought. This unique text broadens the scope of political theory, integrating diverse perspectives and methodologies to offer a truly global understanding.

The perfect guide for research methods. This textbook spans formulating a research question and conducting a literature review, generating/collecting data and analysing data, up to writing up and disseminating your findings. This text guides you through the research process from start to finish.

The only accessible, practical and discipline-specific qualitative methods textbook on the market. Introduces theoretical issues in parallel with step-by-step guidance on ‘how to do qualitative research’ and ‘how it has been done’ in seminal published research.

Drawing on the latest research and debates and featuring contributions from leading experts in the field, this new, introductory textbook demonstrates how political scientists are tackling some of the biggest questions in UK politics today.

The Third Edition of Structured Analytic Techniques for Intelligence Analysis showcases sixty-six structured analytic techniques-nine new to this edition-that represent the most current best practices in intelligence, law enforcement, homeland security, and business analysis.